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Lost and Found

An A-Z of Neglected Writers of the Anglophone Caribbean

by Alison Donnell ...

An A-Z of Neglected Writers of the Anglophone Caribbean makes a major contribution to providing a fuller picture of the region's rich literary history. It both restores our knowledge of writers whose lives and work have slipped out of view while heralding others whose work has never been properly recognised. Offering a fascinating insight into the worlds of these 'lost' writers, this A-Z also ... Read more

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An A-Z of Neglected Writers of the Anglophone Caribbean makes a major contribution to providing a fuller picture of the region's rich literary history. It both restores our knowledge of writers whose lives and work have slipped out of view while heralding others whose work has never been properly recognised. Offering a fascinating insight into the worlds of these 'lost' writers, this A-Z also
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Creolized Sexualities

Undoing Heteronormativity in the Literary Imagination of the Anglo-Caribbean

by Alison Donnell ...

Series series Critical Caribbean Studies
Creolized Sexualities: Undoing Heteronormativity in the Literary Imagination of the Anglo-Caribbean draws attention to a wide, and surprising, range of writings that craft inclusive and pluralizing representations of sexual possibilities within the Caribbean imagination. Reading across an eclectic range of writings from V.S. Naipaul to Marlon James, Shani Mootoo to Junot Diaz, Andrew Salkey to ... Read more

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Creolized Sexualities: Undoing Heteronormativity in the Literary Imagination of the Anglo-Caribbean draws attention to a wide, and surprising, range of writings that craft inclusive and pluralizing representations of sexual possibilities within the Caribbean imagination. Reading across an eclectic range of writings from V.S. Naipaul to Marlon James, Shani Mootoo to Junot Diaz, Andrew Salkey to
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Twentieth-Century Caribbean Literature

Critical Moments in Anglophone Literary History

by Alison Donnell ...

This bold study traces the processes by which a ‘history’ and canon of Caribbean literature and criticism have been constructed. It offers a supplement to that history by presenting new writers, texts and critical moments that help to reconfigure the Caribbean tradition.Focusing on Anglophone or Anglocreole writings from across the twentieth century, Alison Donnell asks what it is that we read ... Read more

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This bold study traces the processes by which a ‘history’ and canon of Caribbean literature and criticism have been constructed. It offers a supplement to that history by presenting new writers, texts and critical moments that help to reconfigure the Caribbean tradition.Focusing on Anglophone or Anglocreole writings from across the twentieth century, Alison Donnell asks what it is that we read
... Read more
Caribbean Irish Connections: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

by Evelyn O'Callaghan, Alison Donnell, Maria McGarrity ...

This collection explores how the complications and contradictions of Irish-Caribbean relations are much richer and deeper than previously recognized. Caribbean Irish Connections makes an important contribution to Irish studies by challenging the dominance of a US diasporic history and a disciplinary focus on cultural continuity and ancestry. The contributors emphasize the importance of ... Read more

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This collection explores how the complications and contradictions of Irish-Caribbean relations are much richer and deeper than previously recognized. Caribbean Irish Connections makes an important contribution to Irish studies by challenging the dominance of a US diasporic history and a disciplinary focus on cultural continuity and ancestry. The contributors emphasize the importance of
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The Human Son

by Adrian J Walker ...

Narrated by Alison O'Donnell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 23 min

500 YEARS IN THE FUTURE, EARTH IS NO LONGER POPULATED BY HUMANS.The new guardians of Earth, the genetically engineered Erta, have reversed climate change. They are now faced with a dilemma; if they reintroduce the rebellious and violent Homo Sapiens, all of their work will be undone.They decide to raise one final child; a sole human to help decide if humanity should again inherit the Earth.But the ... Read more

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500 YEARS IN THE FUTURE, EARTH IS NO LONGER POPULATED BY HUMANS.The new guardians of Earth, the genetically engineered Erta, have reversed climate change. They are now faced with a dilemma; if they reintroduce the rebellious and violent Homo Sapiens, all of their work will be undone.They decide to raise one final child; a sole human to help decide if humanity should again inherit the Earth.But the
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Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970–2020: Volume 3

Edited by Ronald Cummings, Alison Donnell ...

Series series Caribbean Literature in Transition
The period from the 1970s to the present day has produced an extraordinarily rich and diverse body of Caribbean writing that has been widely acclaimed. Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970-2020 traces the region's contemporary writings across the established genres of prose, poetry, fiction and drama into emerging areas of creative non-fiction, memoir and speculative fiction with a particular ... Read more

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The period from the 1970s to the present day has produced an extraordinarily rich and diverse body of Caribbean writing that has been widely acclaimed. Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970-2020 traces the region's contemporary writings across the established genres of prose, poetry, fiction and drama into emerging areas of creative non-fiction, memoir and speculative fiction with a particular
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Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture

Edited by Alison Donnell ...

The Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture is the first comprehensive reference book to provide multidisciplinary coverage of the field of black cultural production in Britain. The publication is of particular value because despite attracting growing academic interest in recent years, this field is still often subject to critical and institutional neglect. For the purpose of the Companion ... Read more

$63.99 USD

The Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture is the first comprehensive reference book to provide multidisciplinary coverage of the field of black cultural production in Britain. The publication is of particular value because despite attracting growing academic interest in recent years, this field is still often subject to critical and institutional neglect. For the purpose of the Companion
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Cognitive Perspectives on Peer Learning

Edited by Angela M. O'Donnell, Alison King ...

Series series Rutgers Invitational Symposium on Education Series
The contribution of this volume to the literature on peer learning is its focus on approaches that reflect a common concern with cognitive processes based in developmental, information processing, or more generally, constructivist perspectives on peer learning. Although the clear importance of the social context of peer learning is not ignored, the volume's emphasis is on the cognitive growth that ... Read more

$76.99 USD

The contribution of this volume to the literature on peer learning is its focus on approaches that reflect a common concern with cognitive processes based in developmental, information processing, or more generally, constructivist perspectives on peer learning. Although the clear importance of the social context of peer learning is not ignored, the volume's emphasis is on the cognitive growth that
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The Routledge Companion to Anglophone Caribbean Literature

Edited by Michael A. Bucknor, Alison Donnell ...

Series series Routledge Literature Companions
The Routledge Companion to Anglophone Caribbean Literature offers a comprehensive, critically engaging overview of this increasingly significant body of work.The volume is divided into six sections that consider:the foremost figures of the Anglophone Caribbean literary tradition and a history of literary critical debatetextual turning points, identifying key moments in both literary and critical ... Read more

$73.99 USD

The Routledge Companion to Anglophone Caribbean Literature offers a comprehensive, critically engaging overview of this increasingly significant body of work.The volume is divided into six sections that consider:the foremost figures of the Anglophone Caribbean literary tradition and a history of literary critical debatetextual turning points, identifying key moments in both literary and critical
... Read more

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A Novel

by Sarina Dahlan ...

Narrated by Shiromi Arserio ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Four Cities Series
Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

Can you love someone you don’t remember?After the Last War destroyed most of the world, survivors form a new society in four self-sustaining cities in the Mojave Desert. In the utopia of the Four Cities, inspired by the lyrics of “Imagine” and Buddhist philosophy, everything is carefully planned and controlled: the seasons, the weather—and the residents. To prevent mankind from destroying each ... Read more

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Can you love someone you don’t remember?After the Last War destroyed most of the world, survivors form a new society in four self-sustaining cities in the Mojave Desert. In the utopia of the Four Cities, inspired by the lyrics of “Imagine” and Buddhist philosophy, everything is carefully planned and controlled: the seasons, the weather—and the residents. To prevent mankind from destroying each
... Read more

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Red Lightning

by John Varley ...

Narrated by Eddie Lopez ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Thunder and Lightning Series
Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

It doesn’t matter that Ray Garcia-Strickland’s father was one of the first men on Mars. The now overdeveloped planet has lost its hip factor, its luxurious hotels—like the one Ray’s father manages—overrun with gravity-dependent tourists from Earth. Ray is over the Red Planet.Soon he gets his own chance at interplanetary adventure when an unknown object hits Earth and causes a massive tsunami. Ray ... Read more

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It doesn’t matter that Ray Garcia-Strickland’s father was one of the first men on Mars. The now overdeveloped planet has lost its hip factor, its luxurious hotels—like the one Ray’s father manages—overrun with gravity-dependent tourists from Earth. Ray is over the Red Planet.Soon he gets his own chance at interplanetary adventure when an unknown object hits Earth and causes a massive tsunami. Ray
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Eternal Sonata

A Thriller of the Near Future

by Jamie Metzl ...

Narrated by James Anderson Foster ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

A few dead bodies are a small price to pay in the quest for immortality.In 2025 America, it’s hardly news when a renowned octogenarian scientist dying of cancer disappears from a local hospice, but when Kansas City Star reporter Rich Azadian begins to dig, he discovers that other elderly scientists around the world have also vanished recently—all terminally ill and receiving the same experimental ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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A few dead bodies are a small price to pay in the quest for immortality.In 2025 America, it’s hardly news when a renowned octogenarian scientist dying of cancer disappears from a local hospice, but when Kansas City Star reporter Rich Azadian begins to dig, he discovers that other elderly scientists around the world have also vanished recently—all terminally ill and receiving the same experimental
... Read more

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